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Years. The defense had asked for 25 years. And the maximum sentence would have been 90. Some are already looking at this as somewhat of a win for Bradley Manning and his defense team. Now, the judge had already ordered, prior to the sentence, that he would be given credit for the 3 1 2 years he has already spent in custody, so that already reduces the sentence. And so at the a little over ten years, he would be eligible for parole. That is a big wild card because who knows what the sense of Bradley Mannings offenses and how that is looked upon by any kind of military parole board. Given the fact he faced a maximum of 90 years in prison, some are looking at this as somewhat of a win for manning and his defense team. Mick, so if i understand this correctly if that three and a half years goes towards time served, does the clock start ticking now 6 1 2 years before manning could be out if all appeals fail . Absolutely. The clock does start ticking because the sentence starts as of today. Ultimately or the most optimistically just over after ten years, a little over ten years in prison, he could at least be eligible for parole. Jim miklaszewski reporting for us. Mick, i want to add that the aclu is out for a statement asking president obama to commute mannings sentence to time serve and allow for his immediately release and see how the white house responds to this. In egypt today former president mubarak could be freed from prison as early as tomorrow. A few hours ago, a Court Ordered his release after corruption charges against him were thrown out. The 85yearold exruler still faces other charges including charges in connection with the deaths of demonstrators. His release could stir up mour unre more unrest. Nbc news chief foreign kror correspondent Richard Engel joins me now. What has been the release to the potential release of mubarak . Only convincing the egyptians that the old regime is coming back. It was over a month ago that the military rolled into the streets and threw out the unpopular, put elected government of the Muslim Brotherhood. Now a Massive Campaign is under way to arrest Muslim Brotherhood leadership. The Muslim Brotherhood president detained since he was thrown out of office. People who oppose what they call a coup are not surprised at all that mubarak is getting out and the people who want the regime to come back and want the old sense of stability that egypt felt, although it wasnt democratic, i think is a good thing. By the way, nobody thinks mubarak will be restored to power at 85 years old. It is the previous regime rolling itself back into egyptian politics. I want to talk about the serious imagines coming out of syria. Death toll is said to be staggering there. Nbc news has not confirmed this video but nbc news has been talking with a rebel spokesperson about it. What do we know . Reporter ive spoken to several rebels who are inside these affected areas. This is not just one video but dozens of videos. In fact, there are probably more than a hundred videos by now that show a series of what the rebels call chemical weapon attacks in suburbs to the east and north of dadamascus. They put the death toll at 1,300 so far. That is a huge number. We have seen on these videos, dozens of children who are lined up dead in different rooms. Some of them were in basements when they say chemical gas bl d flooded it into the basement and killing people. Medics treating people at hospitals exhibiting signs that would indicate some sort of chemical agent that caused their death. Symptoms like rapid breathing, pupils that were constricted, death, but not showing any kind of outward signs of trauma, no other kinds of injuries, just asphyxiated bodies. A very troubling turn of events. The United States had called the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian Regime a red line and said in the past when there were much smaller incidents that the Syrian Regime crossed a red line and interesting how the white house reacts to this. The Syrian Government has come out and said that it did not use chemical weapons and that has been the consistent line from damascus since the start of this almost threeyear conflict. Richard engel reporting in cairo, thank you. Back here at Supreme Court didnt do it and ted cruz is not giving up. The potential 2016 president ial candidate is doubling down on defunding obama care. He played to the crowd at a town hall in dallas last night with the battle cry, dont give up and dont blink. We got to do something that conservatives havent done in a long time. We have got to stand up and win the argument if you have an impasse, you want to know one side or the other has to blink. How do we win this fight . Dont blink ted cruz came up against a few hecklers last night yelling questions how uninsured people in texas would get Health Care Without the president s law. Gentlemen, thank you for sharing your views. You know, part of the First Amendment is about respecting the views of others. Sir . Joining me now for more on this is msnbc policy analyst the Washington Post columnist ezra klein. The republicans are trying to drum up the support they need to defund obama care. Meanwhile, politico reporting that rick perry negotiating with white house officials to accept a hundred Million Dollars available through aca. Talking points memo out with virginia and ohio and michigan that could sign on to obama care Medicaid Expansion. Then add colorado and montana to states that are reporting affordable insurance premiums. Do republicans have an inkling they are losing this battle . Open vornenrollment is around t corner. I would say republicans insofar as you could ever refer to these incredibly fraud party as aiv unified organization now are trying to figure out how to get ted cruz to be quiet and calm down the base a little bit and get into a more reasonable stance in regards welcome care. Texas governor rick perry, who is absolutely an opponent to this law as you can possibly find but he does want to be a part of the Medicaid Program that allows for disabled medicaid patients to get care at home. Thats a very good program. Its got a lot of bipartisan support and, of course, rick perry wants the state to be a part of it. You go to other states and see a bigger effort to get the Medicaid Expansion because its millions of money to cover their constituents on the federal governments dime. At this point, you will not have the republicans winning that argument. The law is going into effect and not getting defunded and the question is whether or not they can quiet ted cruz voices to take advantage of what the law actually offers them. But if we see the crowds that came out last night, an example, in dallas, just one of nine cities that the Heritage Foundation hitting on its Cross Country defund obama care tour and the crippled movements next stop going to tampa, florida. Jim demint suggesting that the president may actually sign a bill that would defund his signature piece of legislation. Take a listen to this. Senator demint, what is the point of voting to defund obama care when we know that president obama wont sign it . We dont know that, do we . So, ezra, is that truth . Or is that a convenient lie . Do republicans believe the president would assisign that b . Of course, jim demint doesnt believe it and i think you see a sort of a nice moment in the fortunes of this part of the movement in jim demints actual movement, right . He left the senate where he could have had a role and been one of the people voting to go to the private sector to make more money and go to bus tours and say silly things. At the end of the day it works for his business. Of course, its not going to defund it or not end up with president obama signing a bill. The demint policy is getting his people hyped up but almost nothing to do with the actual fortunes of the law going gars. Forward. Ezra, thank you. Thank you. He was okay with dying and that he was going to kill all of the police officers. A School Employee in georgia talking down a gunman wielding an ak47. New information this hour about the suspect under arrest from the suspects brother who has spoken to nbc news. Why he walked into a school armed to the teeth. In oklahoma, a young athlete out for a jog is shot and killed. Police say his shooters said they did it because they were bored. What will these new incidents mean for the National Debate on gun control . 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In the aftermath of the alleged thrill killing of australian baseball player in oklahoma, today calls for a boycott of the United States by australian tourists as the parents of 22yearold christopher lane overcome with grief with a makeshift memorial lies at the scene of christopher lanes final moments when three teens killed the australian native when he went for a jog. The teens have been charged as adults. Randy, bring us up to speed with the latest. Reporter thomas, the three teenage suspects remain in custody right now. Two of them have been charged as adults with firstdegree murder and bond denied for them. The third suspect has been charged as an accessory after the fact and bond was set at all three again, are in custody at this hour. This entire case has certainly brought a lot of attention to the town of duncan and unwanted attention by their standards. A lot of people are shocked about this killing and cant understand the way they are portrayed internationally as a result of that. Looking back at the crime rate statistics for duncan this is a Small Community of 25,000 people and since 1999 they have had fewer than ten murders here. So they dont like being depicted as a place where someone internationally could come here and get murdered and fighting against that image. We learned there are arrangements being made to move christopher lanes body to australia. His parents are not going to come here to retrieve the body. His girlfriend sarah harper and her parents are taking him back to australia. We are told the death certificate has been signed but they are waiting on more paper work to be completed and they are hoping to maybe move him to australia either later in this week or early next week. Such a senseless tragedy. Randy, thank you. New details about Michael Brandon hill who remains in custody after allegedly entering an Elementary School in decatud, georgia and firing half a dozen shots with his rifle and his brother telling nbc news that the brother threatened to shoot him in late december. That led a grand jury to charge hill with terrific threats threats. Thankful neither the kids nor the staff were hurt at the Elementary School. Later in the day emotional reunions as anxious and relieved parents picked up their kids were taken to a nearby walmart. The height of the incident hill exchanged gunfire with police as they tried to take him into custody. One explains how she was able to talk hill into putting his weapon down. I began to tell him some of my life encounters and some of the things that was actually happening to me and to get him to be able to Start Talking with me and opening up. He said that no one loved him and i told him that i loved him and that it was going to be okay, that we were going to get out safely. Luckily no one lost or injured but the scene brought to mind the shooting eight months ago and mark barden who lost his son in that massacre spoke out today on today show. So frightening and i feel so deeply for those parents and those children who had to endure that horrific scenario and just so thankful that everybody emerged okay from that. This is an epidemic and its a huge problem here in our culture. We just need to look at our society as a whole and evolve from this place. So shootings like the one in georgia are certainly reigniting the debate over gun control. An event is held in atlanta pushing for legislation toward gun violence prevention. Todays event one day after the coalition to End Gun Violence released this shocking ad. Reenacting the night that Trayvon Martin was killed in their call to repeal stand your ground laws. That is the actual ad. The video we showed you before was outside the school in decatur. Joining me is dan gross, president of the Brady Campaign to prevent gun violence. Dan, good to have you here. We only saw a small piece of that psa. We did a longer format on that interview yesterday with the executive director who put that out. Again, then we saw in the afternoon what happened in decatur. Talk to us, though, about your reaction to this psa if youve seen it. Because it reenactments the night, dramatization of what happened the night that trayvon was killed. Its very powerful. The most important thing its a part after growing chorus coming from the American Public in terms of making our voices heard to demand change on this, whether its over stand your ground laws, the concealed carry laws in florida when combined with that stand your ground law led to Trayvon Martins death and outrage over School Shootings and outrage over the violence that happens every day in our country. We have to realize that in the last two years alone there have been over 200 classrooms full of kids in essence that, children and teens that have been killed by gun violence so we have to realize this issue goes beyond the sensational tragedies when which are extraordinary tragedies to impact all of us every day. And the encouraging thing is the American Public is starting to make its voice heard. Lets talk about advancements and setbacks. We have illinois governor signing a bill in law expanding background checks over all firearm purchases in the state and setback as two usher in tough gun laws orchestrated by the nra and other groups. Buzz feed learning that the nra who cries foul over having a National Gun Registry compiles data on its own members. Look first at the colorado recall another clear indication that the nra is winning this battle, right . Well, no. The momentum is definitely on the side of those of us who seek common sense to End Gun Violence in our country. Colorado is definitely a tragic development and really the thing that all of the tragic developments have in common is when the corporate gun lobby gets its voice heard over the voice of the American Public. The really encouraging thing is that you look at all of the victories that have been happening on state levels in terms of illinois, delaware, new york, you know, connecticut, there have been a number of states that have expanded background checks since since sandy hook happened. The momentum is definitely on our side and what we are really seizing a corporate lobby trying to overwhelm the voice of the American Public. You know, sometimes it seems like two steps forward and one step back but i hope your viewers make no mistake that the momentum is on our side. You could look at the senate vote in april around expanding brady background checks as being a setback but the relate is that that was a tremendous step forward because it exposed to the American Public the safety undermined by what we sent to congress and the level of anger and outrage that we have seen since that vote, the level of engagement we have seen from hundreds of thousands of supporters is a tremendous step forward. By the example of what we saw in the tragic loss of life in oklahoma and very close call we had yesterday in georgia, you have a lot of work to do. Dan, thanks. This leads to todays big question about the gun debate. Is anything really changed in the eight months since the newtown massacre . You heard what dan had to say about the work they have been doing but lets hear from you. Weigh in on twitter and facebook. Kidnapping Hannah Anderson pushing back questions about whether her abductor was her real father. Mark zeuckerberg to sit down wih marco rubio. 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Are you in good hands . Welcome back. Developing right now facebook founder mark zuckerering is meeting with floridas marco rubio. The two meet some time today at facebook headquarters in silicon valley. Senator rubio is in california on a fundraising swing. I am joined by domenco with more. Reporter we dont know what they will be talking about but facebook is not a bad place for republicans to get out their message, especially somebody like marco rubio who has been in the National Spotlight a little less the past month but certainly not someone to forget about for 2016. Immigration really is the key thing here because youll remember, one group that zuckerberg was using was promoting Immigration Reform so here we have the house needing to take up something on Immigration Reform this fall and whether or not they will get anything done could be related in some ways to whether or not marco rubio is push it strongly enough and maybe through facebook. Not a bad idea for senator rubio. Here is what Mark Zuckerberg had to say this morning. There are 1 million undocumented people who came here to work hard and contribute to the country. And, you know, i dont think its quite as polarized as people always say. Well, i cant really tell anyone how to legislate. Who do you think has more influence going into this meeting . Because, obviously, facebook is huge, not just domestically but internationally. Marco ro marco roux yis on the right. Who has nmore influence in this meeting . I guess Mark Zuckerbergs influence would matter the most. I think marco rubio has certainly been influential figure and key to getting it passed in senate and could be key if something is done in the house, depending on how strong his voice is. This could mean something with marco rubio having greater aspirations than being a senator, president ial aspirations. Deep pockets with facebook and Mark Zuckerberg. We have heard a lot from ted cruz and rand paul and some other Tea Party Folks this past year. Marco rubio, you know, he got dinged a little bit for his support for Immigration Reform but, you know, its a reminder that marco rubio is something we should be talking about and with Mark Zuckerberg having the deep pockets he had, he did make a big donation for newark Public Schools and cory brooooker. Maybe he could have for cash if he decides to run in 2016. If marco rubio pops a nollie, we all would be impressed. A new report outlining the Staggering Amount of information the government surveillance programs can obtain from wall street journal profiling an nsa surveillance programming covering 75 of the nations internet traffic. Details on the man who revealed the program, Edward Snowden. The nsa is overwhelmed trying to figure out how much and exactly what snowden took. U. S. Is working to bring him home, despite his yearlong temporary asylum to russia. We say hello to jed and sahill. The nsas filtering is designed to look for communications that begin or end abroad or pass through the United States. The the wall street journal in its reporting saying Officials Say the systems broad reach make it purely Domestic Communications will be incidentally intercepted. In todays global and digital world, isnt talking to a foreigner quite common and pretty easy these days, jed, for all of us to communicate outside the domestic walls of our country . I think what we are learning here is just how much things have changed. Before, it was pretty clear. You were either making an International Call or you waern and that are was pretty much the extent of it. Now virtually every communication we have, whether intentionally or not has an international angle. If the government interprets these powers broadly, they are able to suck in a lot of this United States and really what most people consider Domestic Communications. And i think sometimes people view that as not a problem. If they trust the government. But, you know, what we also learned from this report is that around 2002, around the olympics, the government was sucking in every single text message and email going in and out of Salt Lake City in 2002. Depending on who is in charge, there is a lot of potential for abuse. The sources that i have in big data they say he or she who has the data wins. As we know, nsa in its discretion that it has on setting these filters, officials can say that the system relies on selfpolicing. But should we believe in that . Because it seems what we have been learning from the nsa is that they are more about asking forgiveness than permission. There is an enormous amount of secrecy shrouding these programs and i think the revelations that began with Edward Snowden and down to the the wall street journal report is increasing the momentum in congress and the pressure lawmakers face to increase oversight of the programs. The administration and the supporters of these programs point out there are checks and balances but at the end of the day, you know, they are limited in the sense that they are very strict rules. In other words, staffers and aides are not permitted in these meetings and note taking is not allowed. A number of things that i think will be, you know, will be on the agenda and on the table when it comes to reforming. First of all, when it comes to, you know, when it comes to the 75 statistic that is really mind blowing. We are talking millions and millions and millions of bytes of Internet Data and many can include mundane conversations youre having. Even if these programs and powers arent being abused, it still makes a very good case for increasing oversight among the elected representatives. The nsa story cuts into obamas popularity with young voters, young voters, that is. Polls showing they are much more likely to support snowdens decision to leak the classified material and disapprove of the nsa programs. Is this a case of younger generations putting priorities of Digital Privacy over country and domestic, International Security . Well, i think certainly younger people are going to be more attuned to these issues because so much of their life is online and i think they can feel quite vulnerable to this kind of thing. But i dont think necessarily there has to be a tradeoff between privacy and security. I think that there are probably ways, and certainly people in congress are starting to explore these, of sort of rolling back the curtain a bit and increasing transparency and accountable and allow the government to do what they say they are trying to do which is ultimately catch people who want to commit terrorism. If we talk about rolling back the curtain and both of you can answer this. The bluffdale, utah, nsa secret center supposed to open in september, what more have you heard about that . Im actually not familiar with what exactly is happening over there. Im more familiar i think what is happening on the ill hill, the kind of reforms talked br. There. The president took an important step to admitting new reforms need to be and i think on a Committee Level as well when the Senate Returns the chairman of the Judiciary Committee Patrick Leahy announced decisions to hear more on that. Jed, what about you . When this first came out all of the Telecom Companies saying no access. The reason why is because most of the time the government is now copying large quantities, tear and i think the fact we see these being built just shows you how much data is available and its a lot different world. Theres such an explosion of data that that creates these privacy issues that 10, 20, 30 years ago didnt exist. Now its about absorbing it and figuring out what to do it bit later. Outrage on twitter. We will break that down. The exact wording of this tweet and the explanation the show is giving now. Some u. S. Movie studios have a long way to go when it comes to equal representation for lgbt roles in 2012 movies. You can read more on my facebook page. No, no, no stop humans. One day were coming up with the theory of relativity, the next. Not so much. But thats okay youre covered with great ideas like optional better car replacement from Liberty Mutual insurance. Total your car and we give you the money to buy one a model year newer. Learn about it at libertymutual. Com. Liberty Mutual Insurance. Responsibility. Whats your policy . You know who you are. You can part a crowd, without saying a word. If you have yet to master the quiet sneeze. You stash tissues like a squirrel stashes nuts. Well muddlers, muddle no more. Try zyrtec®. It gives you powerful allergy relief. 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But what do you make of the tweet in and of itself and the question the conversation that they were trying to provoke . I think they were trying to provoke some sort of content to the show thats coming up and we talked about that off camera just a little bit. But i think the other issue that may be going on here, and i understand why people are enraged about this. If you take a look at the question itself, does it legitimatize someone saying its yes, its okay to have sex with a girl if she is drunk. People are very sensitive about this, especially after the Steubenville High School rap cas rape case. You have to be careful. This is where less certainly is not more and they should have given much more information as to what it is they were trying to get as far as that content. Just by itself, it can be interpreted in many, many ways. News story incorporated in that tweet so people could receipt up what the facts of the case were would help get a better conversation started factually based. Without the facts and the provocative question might be people that write back and provide the show the fire that it needs for dr. Phil to then come down kind of hard on people that respond social media wise to kind of blowing it off and thinking that, yeah, its no problem . I think part of what is going on, too, is if you look at the tweet and you look at his picture above, i mean, really everything is about perception. He has his dr. Phil smile. So in some ways, even though they want this to be serious, i would imagine it does not come off a series as it should and, therefore can be misinterpreted. The fact he has deleted that tweet, i think he is listening to a lot of people listening to the outrage and they are going to do it better next time but i understand people being upset. If they had thought this out more maybe not a deleted tweet and responded back appropriately saying the statement to buzzfeed this is strictly about getting a conversation started but they got a little scared, huh . I think they got scared and pulled back. When youre talking about rape and serious issues like that you need to be careful youre not i want mating anything or legitimatizing any inappropriate behaviors. I hope they have learned their lesson and i think they will. A petition asking dr. Phil to apologize. Im sure he is going to do the right thing by all people that may feel grieved by this. They do a good show over there. Thanks, jeff. Great to see you. A big backer for cory booker . He has picked up a significant endorsement in his run for senate. President obama, bookers campaign releasing a statement from booker saying he is humbled and the new jersey special election is scheduled for october 16th. President obama planning to hit the road for a new bus tour tomorrow. He is making stops in new york and pennsylvania and the focus is education. Nebrasmaine governor is den reports he said he said he never said that. Some say they overhead the governors remarks. Ted cruz remarks on his candidacy. He said this about his birth outside of town hall meeting in dallas last night. My morning was a u. S. Citizen by birth and born in wilmington, delaware. By law i was a u. S. Citizen. Canadians are cool with cruz planning to break up with their kuned. Here are some qoeuotes. We got good riddance. And nothing cruz says interests me. Two county commissioners so far have proofed a plan to let that go to a ballot. One in eight baby boomers are experiencing memory problems. Many surveyed said memory loss is affecting their work and personal lives and half didnt tell doctors about their symptoms which is important to identify possible solutions. A change in diet and physical activities and brain game exercises may be prescribed to help. 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As we mark that anniversary, theres a sobering trend that there isnt much happening on closing the economic gap. The black Unemployment Rate has been twice as high as the white Unemployment Rate. Despite the report there are still signs all over the country of dr. Kings dream being realized. We look at whether there are equal opportunities in education for all children. Reporter at the city pool in cincinnati, ohio, these kids will tell you theyre living part of dr. Kings dream. We can all play together and drink the same water. Go to the same with ter fountain. Without him we would never be able to do that. You really hope that one day that everybody can just be treated equally and fairly and no discrimination. You three are. Reporter on a hot summer day we got nine students 12 to 16 years old to talk about a way of life in america that theyve never known, a time when hundreds of thousands marched on washington for jobs and freedom and Martin Luther king jr. Rallied the nation to change peaceful. We will conduct our struggle on the high claim of dignity and wisdom. We must not allow our creative protests to generate into physical violence. Reporter 50 years later dr. Kings i have a dream speech resonates with these kids and it forms the bulk of what they know about him. Even though they dont know him, they still have strong opinions about the man and his legacy. On restraint. He was a nonviolent leader and that took a lot out of him. To be physically hit and touched and not to react and i dont think i would be able to do that. I would want to know how he could take all that punishment and all the anger people took out on him and how he could keep going. Reporter on why dr. King is important. I never experienced a racial incident, you know . Ive never been through that. He made it possible for me to go through a privileged school. Reporter on equality do you think everybody is equal and treated the same . Sometimes, sometimes not. Depends on where they are. Reporter if dr. King were here today, what would you say to him . I would just say thank you because i appreciate all the things he has done for us. I would say thank you as well because one of my best friends is an africanamerican and without his help it wouldnt have been possible. I would just love to hear him speak. Free at last. Free at last. Thank god almighty we are free at last. I would love to see him in action and participate in what hes doing, you know, and to support that. Reporter a new century of dreamers living what dr. King hoped, that 1963 would not be an end but a beginning. Nbc news, cincinnati. And we want you to stay with msnbc throughout this week for continuing coverage on the march on washington. Tomorrow well talk with msnbc politics nation host al sharpton about his plans for saturdays march, its big. Im off tomorrow. Im off tomorrow. Ill see you back here on monday at 11 00 a. M. Im off tomorrow, alex wagner. Im jealous. Now with alex wagner is up next. Ill miss you. Youre too kind. I will miss you, too. You wont because youll be doing something much more fun. I will be with you in spirit. Although this is great fun. That is. I should have fixed that tease. I teased myself. You know what, you deserve it. Enjoy that time off. Thanks, alex. Have a great show. Thanks. 35 years. The government sentences wikileaker. We will discuss whistle blowing and mannings legacy with wikileaks attorney michael ratner. Plus, new reports of a deadly chemical weapons attack in syria. Well look at what that means for the United States thin red line. And we will talk with climate progresss joe rome about all of the terrible things we are doing to the earth as well as the gops war on science. All that when now starts right after this. Plays a key role throughout our lives. One a day womens 50 is a complete multivitamin designed for Womens Health concerns as we age. With 7 antioxidants to support cell health. 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